Stahma Tarr is in town and Varus has a job for you to escort her family’s cargo shipment through the Bay Area. Defiance’s second crossover storyline, Stahma’s Interests, marks Stahma’s first appearance in the game and gives you the opportunity to discover secrets about the Tarr family when what should be a simple escort mission goes very wrong.

The Stahma’s Interests storyline is available now in-game, free to all players. Log in to get a preview of what’s to come in Season 2 of the show!

Read the full article on the website. (http://community.defiance.com/en/2014/06/02/stahmas-interests-crossover-storyline-now-available/)

R69L

06-02-2014, 12:43 PM

Just finished it. It was fun and added some great story and the new interior spaces these past eps have llok great. Also I may be looking into to much but hopefully we will be going where she wants us to go. *Cough* *New Land Mass* *Cough*

masterfarr

06-02-2014, 12:48 PM

I Love it, Thanks Trion and Syfy!! :D

brute

06-02-2014, 02:16 PM

where does this start nothing new on my map

Festival

06-02-2014, 02:19 PM

where does this start nothing new on my map

It's at the entrance to the Crater.

Griffix8

06-02-2014, 02:23 PM

Regarding that person who's character is going to appear in the show...now we know how they'll get there and what the connection is.

Etaew

06-02-2014, 02:26 PM

I enjoyed this crossover mission, however it is still short.

The sad thing is, we probably burned through content that took weeks to create in a matter of minutes. I admit it helps set the scene of the world that the game is set in and ticks the box so they can claim they are transmedia but do we really value these short stories over the reusable dynamic content that the game does fairly well elsewhere?

We'll find out when the real season 2 content arrives.

Festival

06-02-2014, 02:56 PM

Very well scripted and fun!

Riz

06-02-2014, 03:11 PM

Double on this... Like the story.. but yeah... 18 minutes in total and no rewards besides some loot dropping and 15 EGO. Then again, it was shorter than any expert coop, so a reward wouldn't be in place no?

Good things:
- New content
- Decent story
- 15 EGO
- And in contrary to the 'Cradle to Grave'-bunker this one didnt feel empty. Even though it was short, it was fun!
- Stahma is great!

Not do good things:
- 18 minutes...
- Besides the bunker no challenge at all

Nefarious

06-02-2014, 03:28 PM

ugh. It was cool and well scripted but my group wasn't able to go into the Grotto together. Every time we tried it said 'Map is currently not available', along those lines. We had to go into it solo.

And at the end for the big finally when the Ego tells you to prepare yourself it abruptly ended and skipped that whole big fight for me and went straight to the cut scene. I was excited to see all those red dots on the radar and take the Raiders on but it skipped it for whatever reason and I have no idea what that whole part entailed.

Its was a great episode mission and I think its awesome we get to work for some bad guys for a change but these 2 things kinda ruined it.

hardy83

06-02-2014, 03:39 PM

I liked it.
Kind of weird there wasn't even a random weapon reward...

Also, I should've noticed a while ago, but our player characters REALLY need a blink animation for cutscenes. lol

Nefarious

06-02-2014, 03:49 PM

fyi. At the end of the Grotto there is a guy named "Henchman" apparently. idk what the hell it was but he must be a basic threat level 1 enemy because I must of clipped and killed him with a single bullet when shooting into the mob of mass Raiders he comes out with for me to skip the whole big fight and fast track to the end cut scene.

If he dies that ends the big fight. For me it ended within seconds and had no clue what happened. So if you want to get your contents worth watch out for killing him straight away.

Trion you should of made Henchman something better then a low level Raider Blitzer.

Pandur

06-02-2014, 04:00 PM

Well the cutscenes were nice on the first 2 parts but the actual missions were extremely short. So that was meh.
The cutscenes and map on the 3rd part was really well done though and made really up for it.
Except the same little gripe as episode 1, it'd be nice if we could set the TL of the place like on Coop maps.
TL5 made it really a walkthrough.

Nefarious

06-02-2014, 04:04 PM

Well the cutscenes were nice on the first 2 parts but the actual missions were extremely short. So that was meh.
The cutscenes and map on the 3rd part was really well done though and made really up for it.

Yeah usually we see the Irath E-Rep soldiers with the bandana over their face do most the talking in cut scenes. Finally get to see some lip action.

TotallyADefianceDev

06-02-2014, 04:16 PM

fyi. At the end of the Grotto there is a guy named "Henchman" apparently. idk what the hell it was but he must be a basic threat level 1 enemy because I must of clipped and killed him with a single bullet when shooting into the mob of mass Raiders he comes out with for me to skip the whole big fight and fast track to the end cut scene.

If he dies that ends the big fight. For me it ended within seconds and had no clue what happened. So if you want to get your contents worth watch out for killing him straight away.

Trion you should of made Henchman something better then a low level Raider Blitzer.

We have properly chastised the Henchman, and (as soon as the next patch goes up) he will be wearing his armored pants.

(thanks for the feedback!)

Atticus Batman

06-02-2014, 04:20 PM

We have properly chastised the Henchman, and (as soon as the next patch goes up) he will be wearing his armored pants.

(thanks for the feedback!)

Wow all kinds of devs are appearing out of the woodwork this last week or 2! Welcome back to the posting life, Dev!

ArkHunter Z

06-02-2014, 05:07 PM

We have properly chastised the Henchman, and (as soon as the next patch goes up) he will be wearing his armored pants.

(thanks for the feedback!)

Can you guys give Nefi a unique title for the feedback? I was thinking "I Wear Armored Pants" would be fitting...

:)

Atticus Batman

06-02-2014, 05:10 PM

Can you guys give Nefi a unique title for the feedback? I was thinking "I Wear Armored Pants" would be fitting...

:)

Could always be "Armored henchmen rock!" Lol

Xaat Xuun

06-02-2014, 05:11 PM

about to log in, and see what's this talk is all about . . heh

just for info , and curiosity , is there any other prerequisite, besides maybe the completion of the first crossover season 2 ?

like need to reach a certain part of the main story line

Etaew

06-02-2014, 05:13 PM

like need to reach a certain part of the main story line

No, the episode missions do not require completion of any part of the storyline.

thejx4

06-02-2014, 06:39 PM

I enjoyed this crossover mission, however it is still short.

The sad thing is, we probably burned through content that took weeks to create in a matter of minutes. I admit it helps set the scene of the world that the game is set in and ticks the box so they can claim they are transmedia but do we really value these short stories over the reusable dynamic content that the game does fairly well elsewhere?

We'll find out when the real season 2 content arrives.

No. Because in the end, it means nothing unless you are someone who watches the show.

N3gativeCr33p

06-02-2014, 07:13 PM

The Grotto section of this episode reminded me so much of the old SOCOM map 'Rat's Nest' that I couldn't help but to love it! However, it ended too quickly and the last sequence of the episode ended rather... awkwardly.

3 out of 5

Nefarious

06-02-2014, 08:04 PM

For whatever reason the Grotto reminded me of the caves you would encounter in Skyrim. Idk why I never saw a similarity while being in other mining areas in Defiance but I did with this place.

Even though it had no meaning to explore the Grotto since the only interaction it had was fighting enemies I took a look around and admired it anyway. I couldn't help to think though how cool it would be if there were boxes/chests to interact with and open up to find some loot while in this new dungeon.

When exploring new areas in any other MMO/RPG I would explore it all and leave no stone unturned. Having things to search for really helps extend areas. I wish Defiance had some of that.

DSW

06-02-2014, 11:43 PM

about to log in, and see what's this talk is all about . . heh

just for info , and curiosity , is there any other prerequisite, besides maybe the completion of the first crossover season 2 ?

like need to reach a certain part of the main story line
you need to be able to reach The Crater, that's all.

For whatever reason the Grotto reminded me of the caves you would encounter in Skyrim. Idk why I never saw a similarity while being in other mining areas in Defiance but I did with this place.

Even though it had no meaning to explore the Grotto since the only interaction it had was fighting enemies I took a look around and admired it anyway. I couldn't help to think though how cool it would be if there were boxes/chests to interact with and open up to find some loot while in this new dungeon.

When exploring new areas in any other MMO/RPG I would explore it all and leave no stone unturned. Having things to search for really helps extend areas. I wish Defiance had some of that.

Etaew said in chat that it reminded him of Borderlands and i must admit that it reminded me too. also i like the way Stahma shut up varus in the end.

Pandur

06-03-2014, 05:17 AM

I enjoyed this crossover mission, however it is still short.

The sad thing is, we probably burned through content that took weeks to create in a matter of minutes. I admit it helps set the scene of the world that the game is set in and ticks the box so they can claim they are transmedia but do we really value these short stories over the reusable dynamic content that the game does fairly well elsewhere?

We'll find out when the real season 2 content arrives.

Ah i like the show too so yeah story missions are good, but obviously they need both kinds of content.
So i hope once F2P is done they work on more dynamic stuff, also pretty sure they will reuse parts of the 2 new interior assets.
At least they should.

Midevi

06-03-2014, 05:19 AM

Is there supposed to be a cutscene when you get back to the crater at end of mission 1, all I got was 20 minute load screen then a crash out. When I came back in all I could see was the next location to start mission 2 of the episode.

N3gativeCr33p

06-03-2014, 05:21 AM

Is there supposed to be a cutscene when you get back to the crater at end of mission 1, all I got was 20 minute load screen then a crash out. When I came back in all I could see was the next location to start mission 2 of the episode.

Yeah, there should be a cutscene at the end of the first mission of the episode. I believe it's where Varus and Stahma have a conversation.

Midevi

06-03-2014, 05:52 AM

Yeah, there should be a cutscene at the end of the first mission of the episode. I believe it's where Varus and Stahma have a conversation.

Nice off to youtube I go I guess, so I can actually see what was said.

Jasper Townsend

06-03-2014, 06:16 AM

I really love the show, so I like the missions. Stahma's appearance here was very much in character in my view. Kudos!

Wi7cher

06-03-2014, 11:13 AM

Well done, Trion! I enjoyed this episode very much. Stahma is absolutely the highlight. Looking forwared to the next episode and seasion 2.

N3gativeCr33p

06-03-2014, 12:11 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask earlier... what word was Varus using when he was talking about Stahma? I have my subtitles off in game, and I couldn't quite understand what word he was using. From what I remember, it sounded like something "proper".

Example: He would say - (Blank) Tarr. Was it Lady Tarr?

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? lol

Nefarious

06-03-2014, 01:27 PM

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask earlier... what word was Varus using when he was talking about Stahma? I have my subtitles off in game, and I couldn't quite understand what word he was using. From what I remember, it sounded like something "proper".

Example: He would say - (Blank) Tarr. Was it Lady Tarr?

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? lol

Favi Tarr.

When he introduces her he says this is Stahma...umm... Favi Tarr.

idk why Stahma is going by an alias to hide her identity or if Favi is a title like calling someone a Count.

Griffix8

06-03-2014, 01:29 PM

Favi Tarr.

When he introduces her he says this is Stahma...umm... Favi Tarr.

idk why Stahma is going by an alias to hide her identity or if Favi is a title like calling someone a Count.
If it was for an alias he ended up slipping up and calling her Stahma twice. If it was a title then that'd make a bit more sense.

Xaat Xuun

06-03-2014, 10:32 PM

just finished . . when it ended . . I felt "that was quick" ? . . I was expecting more
I enjoyed the whole run, except the part where my comp wasn't loading the NPC's , heh but that's my problem, & that's what the clusters are for
enjoyed the bunker the most . . lots of narrow spots forceing the NPC's to run through, and easy for quick repeater kills, and those NPC's that wouldn't . . well meet my little friend . . rebound lobber

Bonehead

06-03-2014, 10:38 PM

The Grotto section of this episode reminded me so much of the old SOCOM map 'Rat's Nest' that I couldn't help but to love it! However, it ended too quickly and the last sequence of the episode ended rather... awkwardly.

3 out of 5

Agreed....

Scapes

06-03-2014, 10:52 PM

Favi Tarr.

Favi is an honorific within the the Tarr family's liro (Shanje).

Also, we're adding armor to the Henchman who ends the last battle. Should be much tougher than it currently is.

Bonehead

06-03-2014, 10:59 PM

I enjoyed this crossover mission, however it is still short.

The sad thing is, we probably burned through content that took weeks to create in a matter of minutes. I admit it helps set the scene of the world that the game is set in and ticks the box so they can claim they are transmedia but do we really value these short stories over the reusable dynamic content that the game does fairly well elsewhere?

We'll find out when the real season 2 content arrives.

Do we know for sure if any "real season 2 content" is even coming?
I'm thinking with the lack of staff and resources the episode missions might be it.
The writers who left VonBach on the beach are looong gone.

Atticus Batman

06-04-2014, 12:22 AM

Do we know for sure if any "real season 2 content" is even coming?
I'm thinking with the lack of staff and resources the episode missions might be it.
The writers who left VonBach on the beach are looong gone.

Well we are getting a new ark code scavenger hunt so there is that.
http://forums.defiance.com/showthread.php?161457-New-EGO-Codes-Coming-in-Defiance-Season-2-Episodes

That also means those who need to enter the old ones, better do so now. So here's the old ones.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArsAFVgquNyVdGhXdTF0VVZLOEJYTVBSbWtzYTRmb nc#gid=0

N3gativeCr33p

06-04-2014, 06:59 AM

If it was for an alias he ended up slipping up and calling her Stahma twice. If it was a title then that'd make a bit more sense.

Yeah... I figured it was some sort of a "proper title" all along, I just couldn't completely understand what he was saying.

Thanks for the deciphering, guys.

Bonehead

06-05-2014, 03:36 PM

Well we are getting a new ark code scavenger hunt so there is that.
http://forums.defiance.com/showthread.php?161457-New-EGO-Codes-Coming-in-Defiance-Season-2-Episodes

That also means those who need to enter the old ones, better do so now. So here's the old ones.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArsAFVgquNyVdGhXdTF0VVZLOEJYTVBSbWtzYTRmb nc#gid=0

Season two code hunt....

Probably the best they can do.

Whisky Tango

06-06-2014, 08:44 PM

Favi is translated as Mrs in S1/E7. Kenya calls Stahma "Favi Tarr" and the subtitle states "Mrs Tarr". However, Datak was called Favi Tarr, in an earlier episode, but it had no subtitle.

Escyos

06-06-2014, 09:12 PM

Favi is translated as Mrs in S1/E6. Kenya calls Stahma "Favi Tarr" and the subtitle states "Mrs Tarr". However, Datak was called Favi Tarr, in an earlier episode, but it had no subtitle.

Actually Favi is an gender unspecific honor title for members of the Shanje Liro.

Whisky Tango

06-06-2014, 09:17 PM

Actually Favi is an gender unspecific honor title for members of the Shanje Liro.

Then why did the subtitle state "Mrs"? No other way to explain it?

Escyos

06-06-2014, 09:55 PM

Then why did the subtitle state "Mrs"? No other way to explain it?

Maybe Favi is only used among married Shanje and thus would translate to Mrs.